Adoption Interviews #5

Here is the fifth installment of the adoption interviews we’ve been doing with parents who’ve adopted and those who are still in the process. If you’d like to be included, please leave a comment and I’ll send you the information. This one is from Linny, who is the co-administrator at our adoption forum. People decide to adopt for many different reasons. What led you to adoption? As a young child I...

Gay Couple Allowed To Adopt In Florida

As someone who has lived in Florida for the past six years, I am thrilled with the judge’s decision. There aren’t to many state laws left barring gay people from adopting and the last few done away with. Florida is the only state with an outright ban on gay adoption. Arkansas voters last month approved a measure similar to a law in Utah that bans any unmarried straight or gay couples from adopting or fostering...

Are You On These Sites?

If any of you have accounts with twitter, facebook, myspace or mybloglog…..feel free to add me to your list. Myspace Twitter Facebook My Bloglog Share

Adoption Christmas Ornamant 2008

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is dedicated to increasing the adoptions of the over 150,000 children in the foster care system. Christopher Radko created this Christmas ornament, a child’s stocking literally filled with love, to support the foundation in its mission to help more kids find loving families, one of the simplest joys of the Christmas...

National Adoption Month-2008

November is National Adoption Month! November is National Adoption Month, a month set aside to raise awareness about the adoption of children and youth from foster care. This year’s theme of adopting teens from foster care builds on the Ad Council’s new public service announcement (PSA) campaign of the Children’s Bureau, the Adoption Exchange Association, and The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids. Here are some...